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Scheduled for release
in May, 2005:
Creative
Life
Spirit, Power, and Relationship in the Practice
of Art
This book is about the
interface of art and spirituality in everyday life.
In language that is both elegant and streetwise, compassionate
and tough, the author takes issue with the self-indulgent
devolution of much contemporary art. His reflections
about the nature of "spirit" - which he defines
not in terms of religious dogma but as creative inspiration
- affirm, moreover, that art is meant to be shared.
Painters, dancers, sculptors,
musicians and other artists throughout the ages have
used their creative work for greater self-knowledge,
exploring the motivations, moods and meanings that affect
a human being. For many artists, their expressions have
provided an entry point to a deeper, objective, more
ultimate dimension of life - which they have commonly
identified as the "numinous" or "spiritual."
Creative Life presents practical ways and means whereby
any serious artist can use his or her life and practice
for developing greater clarity, dignity, generosity,
and more profound insight.
This isn't just a book
for painters or musicians, however. Non-artists too
will find Dunham's considerations - like those about
wishful thinking, procrastination, life as art - to
be eminently applicable, no matter what their line of
work or spiritual practice.
Drawing from his own life as an author and internationally
recognized glass artist, together with his eclectic
experience in the domains of punk culture, skateboarding,
meditation, teaching and arts management, Bandhu Dunham's
book will provoke and inspire readers looking for a
fresh view of their art or their spiritual practice
. . . or both.
Topics include:
~ how creative people
subconsciously sabotage their success
~ how subtle, unrecognized self-indulgence obstructs
creativity in all fields
~ how generosity transforms human isolation
~ how the artist can use meditation practice to deepen
insight and creativity
~ shamanistic and sacred visionary traditions as sources
of creative power
~ dogmatism, politics, technology and the manipulation
of creativity
ISBN: 1-890772-46-1
price: $16.95
paperback
252 pages
6" x 9"
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